Management of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) in Environment

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-12-822263-8
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 750 g

Management of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) in Environment provides information about new concepts and latest developments in origin, reaction pathways, transportation, transformation products, identification, and adverse effects of CEC, as well as recent remediation technologies and tools for CEC. The book explores processes such as nanotechnology for the degradation of CEC by using various heterogeneous catalysts.

The chapters incorporate both theoretical and practical aspects and can serve as a baseline for future studies. So, Management of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) in Environment is an indispensable resource for university students, teachers, and researchers, especially those working in the area of remediation and management of contaminants of emerging concern.

Zielgruppe

<p>Chemical engineers, environmental engineers and scientist, scholars working on the management and remediation of hazardous waste; scientist working in fields of environmental management and remediation; civil engineers working on waste treatment</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Pardeep

Rajkhowa, Sanchayita

Mustansar Hussain, Chaudhery

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Sondermüllbehandlung und -entsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Verfahrenstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Impact and issues of Organic Pollutants

2. Pharmaceutical Ingredients

3. Personal Care Products

4. Veterinary Medicines

Section 2

5. Physical Treatment technologies

6. Bio-based Treatment technologies

Section 3

7. Removal of organic dyes from industrial waste using low cost adsorbants

8. Investigating the problem of Crop Residue Burning in an Indo-Gangetic Plain - A Risk to Air Quality

9. Fluoride contamination in underground water and its treatment

10. Occurrence, Distribution and Fate of Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment

11. Atmospheric Brown Carbon: Sources, Chemistry and Impact

12. Microplastics as an emerging contaminant in environment: Occurrence, distribution and management strategy

13. Appraisal of groundwater chemistry and Holocene aquifer for arsenic mobilization in groundwater from Bengal basin: A study for safe water supply option

14. Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron (nZVI): A promising nanoparticle for environmental contamination remediation

15. Occurrence of Steroidal Hormone in Environment

16. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and health Impact

Über Autor(innen)

Mustansar Hussain, Chaudhery
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 150 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.

Rajkhowa, Sanchayita
Dr. Sanchayita Rajkhowa, is currently working as Assistant Professor (Department of Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India) and has obtained her doctorate degree from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong in the year 2017. Her research is focused on surface chemistry, surfactants, carbohydrate chemistry and their impact on drug discovery and development. Dr. Rajkhowa has published several research papers in journals of both international and national repute as well as book chapters in her research areas with international publishers.

Singh, Pardeep
Dr. Pardeep Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. Dr. Singh has published more than 65 papers in international journals in the fields of waste management, environmental pollution, and agricultural nanotechnology, and has co-edited 30 books.